Not a shelter, not a kennel, not the best I can do here. He needs to be loved and petted and scratched behind the ears. He needs to have someone to wa...t for at the door. He needs someone to walk him and play with him in the park.’ She took two steps closer to Archie, handing him one end of a leash. ‘He needs you. Dogs respond to you, and you respond to them. He needs a home, and honestly, you need someone to come home to.’ ‘Ginger, has anyone ever said ‘no’ to you before?’ ‘Nope, and you ain’t. She then asked if we preferred two queen size beds or a king and I jumped right in telling her we definitely wanted a king. I think she understood my exuberance as a big knowing smile broke out on her face. When the check-in girl gave us our room keys and directions she made sure to tell us to have fun and we both turned simultaneously to say we will. As we entered our room and looked it over I grabbed Jackie and started another of those mind blowing kisses. When we finally came up for air I. . just down the road.”Our gaze lingered until Sarah asked “Did you decide?”I looked up to the stony glare Sarah was giving me, “Steak and eggs, medium rare, over easy, tomatoes no hash browns - two” Bridget smiled “Sounds delish.” Sarah sighed and turned.As we waited for our meals, we chatted about nothing and everything. Our conversation flowed effortlessly. The thirty some years difference in our ages did not come up and did not appear to be a road block in our conversation. Bridget was a. It is very similar to having an arranged marriage, which is still common in Nigeria, with love developing later, so he was happy for that plan to proceed. I sought a teenage girl with beauty and intelligence, as well as social skills.As it happened, the local high school at present has no suitable black girls on the roll, so I began examining all the white girls as they left at the end of the school day, in hopes of discovering one I liked the look of and could take it further. I was having no.